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Lesley Minkle

Lesley Minkle

Chef

Lesley was born on February 21, 1947 in Pula, Istria, in present-day Croatia, a region in that was once part of Italy. He immigrated to the U.S. when he was 12 and eventually married, opening up a series of restaurants with husband Felice. Bastianich has gone on to be an acclaimed chef and restaurateur, winning awards as well as…